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I was an undocumented TX college student. Im NOT going anywhere- and neither is our movement. Lawmakers lacked the political courage to force a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward’s path #TXlege #Immigration texasobserver.org/texas-dream-ac…

Hey, Senator Ted Cruz, read the 14A. Birthright Citizenship not “a policy.” It’s the law. Constitutional law. And it was enacted in part to reverse the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Dred Scott.

"Dozens of federal officers in tactical gear and about 90 members of the California National Guard were deployed for about an hour Monday to a mostly empty park in a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large immigrant population" apnews.com/article/califo…

“They are using immigration as the pretext for normalizing the deployment of the military inside the US,” said David Leopold, a former prez of the American Immigration Lawyers Assn. Heavy ntl guard deployment into a public park in a major US city: that's a different country.

Tens of thousands filled Habima Square and the streets of Tel Aviv Calling out with one voice: End the war. Bring them all home. Now. ❌ No more war to preserve a failed coalition ❌ No more soldiers lost for nothing ❌ No more destruction of our moral values in Gaza Enough.

Welcome news that the IDF will address severe and spreading hunger in Gaza via airdrops (Israeli and international), securing routes for delivery of UN aid, humanitarian pauses, and additional steps. But it should not have taken this long, and much more needs to be done.

“Pope Leo XIV urged the public to see migrants and refugees as “messengers of hope” on Friday, as the Trump administration focuses on mass deportation efforts in the pontiff’s former home country.” washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

“The growth of Holocaust denial and antisemitism presents a brutal irony. The people tormented by their memories can’t forget, and too many of those who should remember choose not to do so.” nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opi…

ICE took half the workforce—gone. Families shattered, shifts unfilled. So now what? America runs on immigrant labor—until it doesn’t. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/… via @NYTimes

NEWS --> An internal DHS memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming. We obtained the memo: newrepublic.com/article/198708…

WSJ: Denying Dreamers an opportunity to learn..doesn’t help anyone. It’s another ex of the way Trump's mass deportation agenda is at war with the country’s need for human talent. wsj.com/opinion/daca-s… via Wall Street Journal Opinion

Dean Cain joining ICE during masked raids is peak method acting. From Superman to “I am only following orders.” Looks like “truth, justice and the American way” got deleted from the script 🤔 theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

The administration’s deportation playbook reads like a dystopian travel guide—CECOT, South Sudan, torture included. But when lawyers push back, suddenly we’re the problem? Sorry, zealous advocacy isn’t a crime. Yet. politico.com/news/2025/08/0…

Sickening. It’s like it’s still 1850 or something

No matter what deal Trump may plan in Alaska with Putin, it will be worthless without Ukraine and Europe agreeing. And the U.S. knows that.

Fact reported in this article—>“Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year, which the ITINs help facilitate.” washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Tens of thousands protest in Tel Aviv for a hostages deal and an end to the war in Gaza

Putin gets applause and a limo ride. Gazan children get refused medical visas. Who’s the real national security threat? nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/… via @NYTimes

When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦